Scenes from the Meritor and Meritor WABCO "Scientific Savings" Expo

Two grey Volvo tractors operated by RRR Transportation Inc. were on hand to show off the weight savings of Meritor's new "FUELite" 6x2 tandem axle; some 300 to 400 lbs.

The FUELite can also help a fleet attain between 2% and 4% fuel savinsg as well, Meritor said.

The Atlanta Motor Speedway provided an impressive backdrop for the "Scientific Savings" Expo.

Meritor showed off both is air disc brake (ADB) and Q Plus drum brake products.

Part of Meritor's brake display involved the time required to change our ADB brake pads versus swapping out the "shoes" in a drum brake. Fleet managers on hand could chnage ADB pads in 3 to 4 minutes, whereas it took a skilled technician from a local Freightliner dealer 11 to 12 minutes to change drum brake shoes.

Meritor WABCO brought three trucks equipped with its OnGuard collision avoidance system to the Expo: this one is a Freightliner Cascadia tractor equipped eith a DD15 engine and Eaton 13-speed manual transmission.

The Navistar ProStar tractor in the foreground, equipped with a MaxxForce 15 L engine and Eaton Fuller automated transmission, helped show off new features of the "next generation" OnGuard package: self-alignment and stationary object detection.

Meritor WABCO demonstrated its electronic stability control (ESC) system at the Expo, using a tanker trailer loaded to 22,000 lbs with water to create what the engineers dubbed a "sloshing effect" in order to increase the rollover forces.

Karl Mayer (foreground) and Tom Sanko showed off the long-life attributes of Meritor's RPL (short for "Rockwell Permanently Lubricated") driveline. They tore down an RPL driveline in service for 1,25 milliom miles to show how the perment lubrication helped preserve the components over that time period.

Mike Roeth from the North American Coucil for Freight Efficiency provided a briefing on the impact some 60 different fuel economy-focused technology had on fleet fuel mileage.

Daryl Sinclair talked about various vehicle efficiency, energy recovery, and clear air solution products Meritor currently offers.

Meritor's RideSentry and MTA trailer axles got some "face time" with the fleet personnle attending the Expo as well.

Meritor shopwed off the "DualTrac" feature of its RideSentry tandem trailer axle, which allows it to use either a single wide-base tire or the traditional dual tire set up.

Meritor also provided insight into the capabilities of its MTA line of vocational tralier suspensions